SVP, Underwriting

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

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📋 Underwriter

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Cornerstone Capital Bank

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51 - 200 employees

🏦 Banking

💸 Finance

Banking • Finance

Cornerstone Capital Bank is a community-focused national bank formed by the merger of Cornerstone Home Lending and Roscoe Bank that provides mortgage origination and servicing, personal and commercial banking, and institutional treasury and liquidity services. The bank emphasizes customer service, stability, and digital convenience, offering fee-free deposit accounts, national ATM access, wire and ACH transfers, and integrated mobile banking alongside personalized, one-on-one financial support. It serves consumers, businesses, and other financial institutions with a broad suite of banking and home-lending products.

📋 Description

• Set and execute a forward-looking underwriting vision aligned with corporate growth, risk tolerance, and strategic priorities • Contribute to enterprise decision-making and cross-functional strategic initiatives as a member of the executive leadership team • Lead transformation efforts to improve scalability, consistency, and operational resilience across underwriting functions • Modernize underwriting processes, tools, and operating models • Build and evolve a high-performing underwriting organization supporting multi-channel growth • Establish performance frameworks, KPIs, and accountability measures for quality, speed, and productivity • Optimize organizational structure, capacity planning, and resource allocation • Improve cycle times, decision quality, customer outcomes, and operational excellence • Provide executive oversight of credit policy interpretation, exception management, and emerging risk trends • Collaborate with Risk, Compliance, and Quality Control to identify issues and implement sustainable solutions • Ensure governance and alignment with agency, investor, and regulatory expectations • Oversee end-to-end underwriting execution across all products and channels • Partner with Technology and Product teams on automation, decisioning tools, and workflow optimization • Lead readiness and integration efforts for new products, investors, and strategic initiatives • Develop and mentor senior underwriting leaders and build succession pipelines • Foster accountability, collaboration, continuous learning, engagement, and professional development • Drive partnerships with Sales, Processing, Closing, Secondary Marketing, Product, and Technology teams • Resolve complex issues as a key escalation point while balancing risk, service, and business needs • Lead cross-functional initiatives improving the end-to-end loan lifecycle • Communicate underwriting performance, strategic priorities, and risk insights to executive leadership

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive mortgage underwriting experience • 7+ years in leadership roles • Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, or related field preferred • Proven ability to lead within a complex, matrixed organization and drive enterprise-wide transformation • Experience in agency, government, and investor underwriting guidelines (Conventional, FHA, VA, USDA, etc.) • Strong knowledge of regulatory requirements, compliance standards, and risk management practices • Demonstrated success building and scaling high-performing teams in dynamic environments • Track record of delivering measurable improvements in quality, service levels, productivity, and operational efficiency • Exceptional executive presence, communication, and stakeholder management skills • Experience with delegated underwriting authority and investor relationships • Exposure across multiple lending channels (Retail, Wholesale, Correspondent, Consumer Direct) • Leadership experience in technology enablement, workflow automation, or digital transformation initiatives • DE (Direct Endorsement) and/or SAR designation, where applicable • Travel required, up to 25%

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Accidental Death coverage • Long-Term Disability coverage • Short-Term Disability coverage • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) • Health Savings Account (HSA) • 401(k) • Basic Life insurance • Voluntary Life insurance • Paid Parental Leave • Performance-based bonus based on position and department